Please name & date the car that belongs to James Sheehan from Stockport

[John915]

Good evening,

Not a Ford model "T", they had a flat top to the radiator cowl. This one is round.

John915

[ShaunJ]

Not a Ford model "T", they had a flat top to the radiator cowl

The radiator design changed to a rounded top in 1917

[ShaunJ]

Whatever make it is, it is a taxi. You can see the taximeter.

 (compare this 1923 Unic Landaulette taxi http://www.imcdb.org/i084497.jpg )

[ShaunJ]

I've sharpened up the picture and reduced it in size to make it easier to view. The taximeter can clearly be seen. Also note the baggage rail on the roof.

[peakoverload]

Looks to me like it might be a 1910 Belsize Landaulet Taxi. There's another photo of one here http://www.svvs.org/genpics6/1910_Belsize_Landaulet_Taxi.jpg Looks very similar.

[bestie]

Thanks for all your help.... I found a brilliant site for vintage car identification - Surrey vintage Vehicle Society. It's a Napier 15HP Landaulette Taxicab circa 1910. Jim

[janetrizvi]

Can't help with the make of car; but wonder if Jim/bestie has documentary evidence that it indeed belongs to James Sheehan? Car-ownership, I believe was pretty much confined to the 'upper classes' even in the inter-war years, let alone before WWI. How likely wd. it have been for a publican to own a car?  To me it seems more probable that the car's owner is one of the overcoat-&-cap-clad toffs standing in front of it, while landlord James surveys the scene, perhaps wishing the splendid vehicle were his.
Janet